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West Virginia groups sue Amsted Graphite over alleged Clean Water Act violations
By West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and West Virginia Rivers Coalition West Virginia Rivers Coalition and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy filed a federal lawsuit…
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Judge blocks Clean Water Act permit for mountaintop removal mine on Coal River Mountain
By Sierra Club of West Virginia On April 21, 2026, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia…
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WV lawmakers did little to nothing for environmental protections during legislative session
By Quenton King, West Virginia Watch This year was not the “start of a different path” that I had hoped for the West…
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South Fork Coal Company was a no-show at violation hearing
By Willie Dodson, Appalachian Voices South Fork Coal Company failed to show up to a Feb. 3 hearing with the West Virginia Department of…
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WV lawmakers approve changes to microgrid, data center rules; vote down public transparency measure
By Caity Coyne, West Virgina Watch After more than 900 public comments were submitted regarding proposed rules for how the West Virginia Department of…
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Decades without clean water: How the Coalfield Clean Water Act aims to address southern West Virginia’s water crisis
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Residents in southern West Virginia’s coalfield counties have lived for decades without reliable access to clean drinking…
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West Virginians asked to foot the bill for Virginia’s data center boom
By Olivia Miller, Program Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginians are being asked once again…
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USGS Designation Ignores Law, Groups Say Coal for Steel is Not Critical
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 6, 2025 Contact: Shannon Van Hoesen, Sierra Club, shannon.vanhoesen@sierraclub.org Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, olivia.miller@wvhighlands.org Ariana Criste, Industrious Labs, ariana@industriouslabs.org Andrew Young, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, ayoung@abralliance.org Emma Yip, Center…
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Tucker County residents seek transparency from WVDEP, Fundamental Data over air permit for Ridgeline power plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 5, 2025CONTACT:Nikki Forester, Tucker United, tuckerunitedcomms@gmail.com, 703-966-3171Zina Raye, Tucker United, 703-579-7199Cris Parque, Tucker United, 917-386-8483Jim Kotcon, WV Sierra Club, jkotcon@gmail.com,…
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Groups appeal Air Quality Board ruling over Ridgeline power plant permit in Tucker County, seek transparency from WVDEP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 15, 2025 CONTACT: Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, olivia.miller@wvhighlands.org Nikki Forester, Tucker United, tuckerunitedcomms@gmail.com Judy Rodd, Friends of Blackwater, info@saveblackwater.org CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three citizen groups are continuing their efforts to uncover hidden…
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